Michael introduced her saying, "She just broke up with fiancé Jesse James, but not before getting a tattoo of his childhood picture."

Next thing the co-hosts knew, Von D disappeared.

"Kat Von D just walked out of the building," Reynolds said. "I'm sure it's because of the Jesse James stuff, but … she talks about her personal life so much."

Reynolds says she was not told that the split was off-limits for the interview. So it was a shock to the host when Von D later accused her and Michael via Twitter of showing a "lack of compassion [and] respect."

"Why was it disrespectful?" Reynolds Tweeted back. "We said you guys broke up … We showed the clip your publicist sent. It showed you and Jesse. Were we not supposed to mention you broke up?"

Von D replied that she objected to the "disrespectful intro you guys 'snuck' in."

"Publicly disrespecting people for the sake of better ratings isn't something a person of compassion does," the tattoo artist continued. "Good day."